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  • Picture Book Round-Up #18

    Picture Book Round-Up #18

    Another picture book round-up featuring some titles I read for Capitol Choices, a real disappointment, and cats! Jungle Cat by Andrew Larsen, illustrated by Udayana Lugo Listen, I love a good cat story! This book has beautiful, full-page illustrations of an indoor cat, Bob, going door to door to meet, and then adventuring outside because…

  • Picture Book Round-Up #12

    Picture Book Round-Up #12

    An eclectic round-up today…with no particular theme. Some diverse titles, some not. Some non-fiction or adjacent, some so weird I don’t even know if they’re fiction. Lots of good illustrations in this round-up–check them out! Impossible Moon by Breanna J. McDaniel, illustrated by Tonya Engel The illustrations in this are GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS. Paint the…

  • Picture Book Round-Up #11

    Picture Book Round-Up #11

    I’m posted up at the Arlington Central Library today powering through some picture books and a bundle of other tasks–let’s dive in! What Does Brown Mean to You? by Ron Grady What a sweet book! A rhyming book taking you through the day of a Black boy looking for all the brown things around him.…

  • Upcoming Releases: Picture Book Round-Up

    Upcoming Releases: Picture Book Round-Up

    I just love picture books. I love how moving they can be with just 40 pages and some gorgeous art. I love seeing the didactic messages some adults try to shoe-horn into them. I love when a one page spread of joy brings tears to my eyes. I love what memories a particular character drawing…

  • Picture Book Round-Up #7

    Picture Book Round-Up #7

    I’m back, back again with another round-up of picture books. A real potpourri this week, of diverse titles covering race, food, civil rights, bedtime routines, and animal rescue. Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Patrick Dougher, with photography by Jamel Shabazz This is a gorgeous book–a great…

  • Picture Book Round-Up #1

    Picture Book Round-Up #1

    Six picture books, one blog post recap

  • 5 Books That Have Made Me Cry Recently

    5 Books That Have Made Me Cry Recently

    I wouldn’t call myself an overly emotional person in real-life. When things go wrong, my tendency is not to cry. However, when it comes to books—especially picture books—all it takes is one uplifting phrase or illustration and I’m weepy. Looking back at my reading for the year—much of which I can’t talk about for ~award~…

  • I Read 100 Picture Books in a Month and Here’s What I Learned

    I Read 100 Picture Books in a Month and Here’s What I Learned

    In the month of July, I challenged myself to read 100 picture books